Pierre Rioux (born February 1, 1962) is a
Canadian
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former professional
ice hockey
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player who played 14 games in the
National Hockey League
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(NHL) for the
Calgary Flames
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in
1982–83. Rioux recorded one goal and two assists in his NHL career.
Playing career
Rioux was born in
Quebec City
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,
Quebec
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. As a youth, Rioux played in the 1974 and 1975
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
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s with a
minor ice hockey
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team from Quebec City.
Rioux spent three seasons with the
Shawinigan Cataractes
The Shawinigan Cataractes (french: Cataractes de Shawinigan) are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The team is based in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. The Cataractes have been previously known as the Shawinigan Bruin ...
of the
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
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, recording 130 points in
1980–81 and 152 points in
1981–82. In 1982, Rioux was a member of the gold medal-winning Canadian team at the
World Junior Hockey Championships
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. He was also named a QMJHL First Team All-Star.
As a player with the Flames in 1982, he appeared in 14 games. After three seasons in the minors, Rioux moved to Europe to play in 1986, spent all but one season in
Germany
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until he returned to Quebec in 2000. Rioux played one season of senior hockey in Quebec in 2000–01 before retiring.
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1962 births
Augsburger Panther players
Binghamton Whalers players
Calgary Flames players
Colorado Flames players
Düsseldorfer EG players
EV Zug players
French Quebecers
Heilbronner EC players
Ice hockey people from Quebec City
KalPa players
Kassel Huskies players
Krefeld Pinguine players
Living people
Moncton Golden Flames players
Ratingen EC players
Shawinigan Cataractes players
Toronto Maple Leafs scouts
Undrafted National Hockey League players
Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
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